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Folly Bridge, Oxford

Maker

(artist)
1747-1821

Title

Folly Bridge, Oxford

Date of Production

(circa) 1790 - 1794

Medium

brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 24.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.443

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

F.R. Meatyard (London, active 1912-1964); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (3 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 16/07/1977-03/12/1977

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948

Literature

Joseph Farington: watercolour and drawings, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hastings Museum and Art Gallery; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1977
cat. no. 75
no. 75
Illus. p. 112

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 19

Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 24

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "448".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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